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AAT vs. AKR, BDN, BXP, CUZ, DEI, HIW, KRC, PDM, SLG, and VNO

Should you be buying American Assets Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Assets Trust include Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), BXP (BXP), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Piedmont Realty Trust (PDM), SL Green Realty (SLG), and Vornado Realty Trust (VNO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

American Assets Trust vs. Its Competitors

Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) and American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.

American Assets Trust has a net margin of 16.26% compared to Acadia Realty Trust's net margin of 5.31%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 6.47% beat Acadia Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Acadia Realty Trust5.31% 0.79% 0.45%
American Assets Trust 16.26%6.47%2.34%

Acadia Realty Trust has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, American Assets Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Acadia Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for American Assets Trust and 1 mentions for Acadia Realty Trust. Acadia Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat American Assets Trust's score of 1.55 indicating that Acadia Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Acadia Realty Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
American Assets Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

97.7% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.8% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

American Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Acadia Realty Trust. American Assets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadia Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Acadia Realty Trust$359.69M7.32$21.65M$0.16125.59
American Assets Trust$457.86M2.69$72.82M$1.1617.34

Acadia Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.94%. American Assets Trust has a consensus target price of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.89%. Given Acadia Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Acadia Realty Trust is more favorable than American Assets Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Acadia Realty Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
American Assets Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Acadia Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Acadia Realty Trust pays out 500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Assets Trust pays out 117.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Acadia Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and American Assets Trust has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. American Assets Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

American Assets Trust beats Acadia Realty Trust on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AAT vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Assets TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.25B$12.39B$12.62B$21.61B
Dividend Yield6.67%4.62%5.47%3.52%
P/E Ratio17.3431.42231.5126.85
Price / Sales2.697.2430.7459.53
Price / Cash6.6815.8122.6924.32
Price / Book1.092.762.274.52
Net Income$72.82M$303.64M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-4.42%-2.06%-1.15%-1.35%
1 Month Performance-1.24%-3.01%1.15%2.04%
1 Year Performance-25.56%-11.44%540.31%13.83%

American Assets Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.7449 of 5 stars
$20.12
-1.3%
$20.50
+1.9%
-25.3%$1.25B$457.86M17.34220News Coverage
Positive News
AKR
Acadia Realty Trust
4.3348 of 5 stars
$20.12
-0.8%
$23.50
+16.8%
-14.1%$2.66B$359.69M125.76120Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
3.6444 of 5 stars
$4.50
+0.8%
$4.50
+0.1%
-15.7%$774.70M$505.52M-2.39330Positive News
BXP
BXP
3.0139 of 5 stars
$75.81
-0.8%
$77.06
+1.7%
-8.4%$12.11B$3.41B2,527.84780News Coverage
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.5506 of 5 stars
$28.89
+0.1%
$32.50
+12.5%
-5.3%$4.85B$856.76M78.08290Positive News
DEI
Douglas Emmett
4.4575 of 5 stars
$16.33
+1.1%
$18.57
+13.7%
-9.6%$2.71B$986.48M74.23750
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.6148 of 5 stars
$31.93
+0.8%
$32.17
+0.7%
-6.7%$3.42B$825.86M26.83340
KRC
Kilroy Realty
3.7547 of 5 stars
$44.36
+0.3%
$39.45
-11.1%
+10.1%$5.23B$1.14B24.11260Positive News
PDM
Piedmont Realty Trust
0.96 of 5 stars
$8.90
-0.8%
$8.67
-2.6%
-12.2%$1.12B$570.32M-16.17150Positive News
SLG
SL Green Realty
3.1517 of 5 stars
$61.60
-0.1%
$67.79
+10.0%
-14.7%$4.40B$886.27M-114.071,221Dividend Announcement
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
4.5411 of 5 stars
$41.79
+0.2%
$38.64
-7.5%
+4.1%$8.01B$1.79B10.342,996Positive News

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This page (NYSE:AAT) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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